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swift 11/09/04 14:46:59 |
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Modified: kernel-upgrade.xml |
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Log: |
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Bug #380539 - Inform users about /etc/conf.d/modules. Also update the versions in the guide to more recent examples |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.20 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.20&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.20&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?r1=1.19&r2=1.20 |
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Index: kernel-upgrade.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.19 |
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retrieving revision 1.20 |
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diff -u -r1.19 -r1.20 |
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--- kernel-upgrade.xml 29 May 2011 00:39:18 -0000 1.19 |
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+++ kernel-upgrade.xml 4 Sep 2011 14:46:59 -0000 1.20 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.19 2011/05/29 00:39:18 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.20 2011/09/04 14:46:59 swift Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1</version> |
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-<date>2011-05-28</date> |
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+<version>2</version> |
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+<date>2011-09-04</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<pre caption="New kernel sources appearing on update list"> |
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# <i>emerge -Dup world</i> |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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-[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r2 [2.6.8-r5] |
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+[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.39-r3 [2.6.38-r6] |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ |
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<p> |
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The kernel sources will then be installed into a subdirectory of |
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<path>/usr/src</path>. In the above example, the new kernel sources will be |
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-installed at <path>/usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</path>. |
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+installed at <path>/usr/src/linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3</path>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<comment>(See the list of available kernels)</comment> |
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# <i>eselect kernel list</i> |
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Available kernel symlink targets: |
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- [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 |
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- [2] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 * |
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+ [1] linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 |
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+ [2] linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 * |
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<comment>(Select the correct kernel)</comment> |
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# <i>eselect kernel set 1</i> |
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<comment>(Verify the kernel was symlinked)</comment> |
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# <i>eselect kernel list</i> |
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- [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 * |
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- [2] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 |
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+ [1] linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 * |
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+ [2] linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r6 |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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If you really want to do it yourself, the following example shows you how to |
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-make the link point to <path>linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</path>: |
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+make the link point to <path>linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3</path>: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Updating the /usr/src/linux softlink manually"> |
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# <i>cd /usr/src</i> |
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-# <i>ln -sfn linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 linux</i> |
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+# <i>ln -sfn linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 linux</i> |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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<pre caption="Compiling and installing the new kernel"> |
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# <i>make && make modules_install</i> |
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# <i>mount /boot</i> |
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-# <i>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</i> |
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+# <i>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.39-gentoo-r3</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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+<title>Updating your module configuration</title> |
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+<section> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+If you have put specific module configuration entries in |
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+<path>/etc/conf.d/modules</path>, then you might need to update the entries |
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+accordingly. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Sample /etc/conf.d/modules file"> |
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+<comment># The following will only auto-load the ieee1394 module in 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 kernels</comment> |
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+modules_2_6_38_gentoo_r6="ieee1394" |
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+<comment># To support auto-loading on all possible versions, drop any reference to versions:</comment> |
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+modules="ohci1394" |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+</chapter> |
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+ |
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+<chapter> |
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<title>Rebooting into the new kernel</title> |
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<section> |
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<body> |